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Descendants of Marie Berg
Generation No. 1
1. Marie1 Berg was born 1821 in Guttendorf, Berlin, Germany, and died July 18,
1898 in Corpus Christi,
Texas. She married John Ernest Petzel.
Notes for Marie Berg:
She worked as a nurse. She helped Dr. Spohn and Dr. A. G. Heaney with most of
the child births in
town. Sometimes the babies didn't wait for the arrival of the doctor. She
presided at the births of most of
the children of the Wrights, the Hatches, and the Petzels.
In those days folks used quinine and calomel as medicines. Mustard foot baths as
a remedy for the fevers
everybody had were recommended. Dr. A. Spohn advised the use of the water that
came from the well in
Artesian Park for a wide variety of ailments.
Marie Petzel died on July 18, 1898. When she died she was 76 years, 11 months
and 5 days old (I
believe that would make her date of birth 06/23/1821)
Notes for John Ernest Petzel:
John Ernest Petzel and his wife, the former Miss Marie Berg of Berlin, Germany,
came to Galveston in
1853. They went over to Houston and looked around but did not like that
location, so, hearing of Corpus
Christi, they went there and stayed to make their home.
Mr. Petzel was a wheelwright and blacksmith by trade and established himself in
Corpus Christi in that
business on the location now occupied by Capt. Andy Anderson's boat works.
Learned the blacksmith trade in the Germany Army before he embarked for
Galveston and made his way
down the coast to Matagorda Island
Children of Marie Berg and John Petzel are:
+ 2 i. William2 Petzel, born June 02, 1852 in Hamburg, Germany; died December
07, 1923 in Nueces
County, Texas.
+ 3 ii. Otto Petzel, born Bef. 1860; died January 30, 1932.
Generation No. 2
2. William2 Petzel (Marie1 Berg) was born June 02, 1852 in Hamburg, Germany, and
died December 07,
1923 in Nueces County, Texas. He married Josephine Hill March 30, 1874 in St.
Joseph Island, daughter
of John Hill and Sarah Taylor.
Notes for William Petzel:
William was born in Hamburg, Germany. He was one year old when his father
arrived from Germany
well before the Civil War.
The William Petzels moved to Corpus Christi in the 1870's.
Texas Adjutant Service Records show William Petzel was a Texas Volunteer Guard
in 1899. his call
number was 401-208.
The Land Survey Abstract Indices of the Original Land Owners of Texas state the
William Petzel owned
land in Crosby County.
Notes for Josephine Hill:
Josephine Hill was born in a log cabin in Matagorda County on Caney Creek on
April 6, 1855. She lived
in Corpus Christi, Texas for 74 years. "It was just a cow town, then"
she said. "Lighters came in from
Aransas Pass, bringing in the freight from the Gulf. The ships couldn't come in.
There was no Harbor."
It is uncertain the exact number of siblings Josephine had. Some reports say she
had ten brothers and
sisters, and some say eleven.
Josephine lived with her family on their sheep ranch on Matagorda peninsula. She
lived in a virgin country
where even children soon learned to be self reliant and independent. The Hill
family was very well know
in the vicinity of Indianola, Texas.
Even though she was very young during the Civil War, she says she was a staunch
rebel. She used to help
her brother mold lead bullets during the siege of her part of the country.
"My brother and I would spit on
the hard round lead balls, and whisper fiercely, "Get a Yankee. Get a
Yankee."
When the Gulf Coast was blockaded by Yankee ships and Yankee soldiers were in
the vicinity, some of
the soldiers gave Josephine and her brothers United Stated bank notes. However,
they were so fiercely
loyal, they wanted no Yankee money. They burned the bank notes, because they
used Confederate
money.
Josephine and her sister got married in a double wedding on St. Joseph Island in
March of 1874.
Josephine married William Petzel and her sister, Louisa married Alexander
Singer.
Women couldn't take it easy doing housework in those early days. "There
were no new fangled ways of
doing things. You had to use elbow grease." Mrs. Petzel remembered making
soap in big iron kettles, and
doing Most of the cooking in iron pots over the fireplace. She told the story of
her mother who kept
boarders at Indianola. "She bought a new $100 cook stove. She thought it
would make cooking easier.
But after she tried it for a while, she set it out in the back yard and went
back to cooking over a fire place.
She said she either let the fire in the cook stove go out, or she burned
everything. It was too much to
bother".
Mrs. Josephine Hill Petzel said she liked fire place cooking, too. She did not
mind it at all. They lived in
Mexico for two years, across the river from Laredo. She had nothing but a
fireplace then. She said there
was an oven underneath and an oven on both sides of the fireplace where you
could keep things warm.
Marriage Notes for William Petzel and Josephine Hill:
They met at the Aransas Pass (now Port Aransas)
Children of William Petzel and Josephine Hill are:
4 i. William3 Petzel, born February 22, 1875 in Corpus Christi, Texas; died
February 07, 1940 in Nueces
County, Texas. He married Anna Lucas.
+ 5 ii. Ronald S. Petzel, born February 06, 1880 in Texas; died November 1966 in
Corpus Christi, Texas.
6 iii. Claude Oscar Petzel, born March 27, 1887 in Texas; died December 14,
1955.
Notes for Claude Oscar Petzel:
His nickname was "Dutch"
His tombstone reads "SGT CO 1 143 INFANTRY 36 DIV. WORLD WAR I"
Lived in Nueces County his entire life.
+ 7 iv. Lee Tilford Petzel, born February 01, 1885 in Texas; died Bef. 1948.
8 v. Adam Petzel, born September 12, 1892 in Texas; died September 12, 1892 in
Texas.
Notes for Adam Petzel:
Twin of Eve. Died after living only 2 hours.
9 vi. Eve Petzel, born September 12, 1892 in Texas; died September 12, 1892 in
Texas.
Notes for Eve Petzel:
Twin of Adam Petzel. Lived only half a day.
3. Otto2 Petzel (Marie1 Berg) was born Bef. 1860, and died January 30, 1932. He
married (2) Tiney. He
married (3) Kate Berg December 26, 1877.
Child of Otto Petzel is:
10 i. Maude Ann3 Petzel, born December 05, 1891.
Children of Otto Petzel and Tiney are:
11 i. Hettie Agusta3 Petzel, born November 24, 1887; died Unknown.
12 ii. Mamie Petzel, born 1880; died Unknown.
13 iii. Lillie Petzel, born 1882; died Unknown.
14 iv. Ernest Petzel, born 1885; died Unknown.
15 v. Maud Petzel, born 1892.
Generation No. 3
5. Ronald S.3 Petzel (William2, Marie1 Berg) was born February 06, 1880 in
Texas, and died November
1966 in Corpus Christi, Texas. He married Roxie Rogerson May 01, 1919, daughter
of Roger Rogerson
and Jeanne Robinson.
Notes for Ronald S. Petzel:
Mrs. H. R. Sutherland had a part in naming him Ronald Stuart Petzel after a
Civil War General who
fought with Gen. Robert E. Lee
He worked as a superintendent of county roads. He helped build the first paved
road out toward
Nuecestown, to Alice (when it was in Nueces County) and from Alice to
Kingsville.
When his Mother was pregnant with twins Ronald was chosen to name them.
Notes for Roxie Rogerson:
She lived in Corpus Christi since 1901
Went to school at: Our Lady of The Lake University
411 Southwest 24th Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
(210) 434-6711
Children of Ronald Petzel and Roxie Rogerson are:
+ 16 i. Ronald Stuart4 Petzel, born February 04, 1920 in Texas; died October 05,
1946 in Goose Bay,
Labador.
+ 17 ii. Georgia Josephine Petzel, born January 30, 1921 in Texas.
18 iii. Ernest C. Petzel, born March 09, 1924 in Texas; died April 19, 1990. He
married Etta Forest Aft.
1956.
Notes for Ernest C. Petzel:
Sgt. Ernest Petzel served in Europe and Japan.
+ 19 iv. Claudia Petzel, born 1938 in Texas.
20 v. Roxie Lee Petzel, born 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas; died 1940 in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
+ 21 vi. Nancy Louise Petzel, born November 15, 1942 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
7. Lee Tilford3 Petzel (William2, Marie1 Berg) was born February 01, 1885 in
Texas, and died Bef.
1948. He married Rose Ann Acebo Unknown, daughter of Joseph Acebo and Anna
Kelly.
Notes for Lee Tilford Petzel:
He was a local law enforcement officer.
Children of Lee Petzel and Rose Acebo are:
+ 22 i. Rose Lee4 Petzel, born Aft. 1899; died Unknown.
23 ii. Frank Petzel, born April 26, 1906; died October 29, 1984.
Generation No. 4
16. Ronald Stuart4 Petzel (Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was born February
04, 1920 in Texas,
and died October 05, 1946 in Goose Bay, Labador. He married Etta Forest March
20, 1943, daughter of
Charles Forest and Emily Hutson.
Notes for Ronald Stuart Petzel:
Ronald S. Petzel, Jr. joined the army at the age of 21 in the summer of 1941.
Later he transferred to the
Air Force and received his commission. He was transferred to Newfoundland and a
short time after that
to Labrador. He was killed in an airplane crash at Goose Bay, Labador at the end
of World War II.
Child of Ronald Petzel and Etta Forest is:
+ 24 i. Susan Etta5 Petzel, born 1944 in Childress, Texas; died April 05, 1994.
17. Georgia Josephine4 Petzel (Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was born
January 30, 1921 in Texas.
She married Gordon Lee Walker August 20, 1950 in Matagorda County, Texas.
Notes for Gordon Lee Walker:
Owned business "Walker Painting and Yard Service"
Children of Georgia Petzel and Gordon Walker are:
+ 25 i. Betty Sue5 Walker, born March 13, 1956.
26 ii. Connie Jo Walker, born November 05, 1952 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County,
Texas; died 1953 in
Texas.
19. Claudia4 Petzel (Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was born 1938 in Texas.
She married (1) Ray
Ahlers Unknown. She married (2) Carl Nix Unknown.
Children of Claudia Petzel and Ray Ahlers are:
+ 27 i. Kathy Ann5 Ahlers, born November 16, 1958.
28 ii. Debbie Ann Ahlers, born May 05, 1961. She married (1) Randy Olivier
September 03, 1982. She
married (2) Gary Hughes July 1998.
29 iii. Karl Ahlers, born July 10, 1963.
21. Nancy Louise4 Petzel (Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was born private in Corpus
Christi, Texas. She married Gary L. Hamilton January 31, 1964 in Long Beach,
California, son of Lester
Beasley and Elaine Dickinson.
Children of Nancy Petzel and Gary Hamilton are:
+ 30 i. Beth5 Hamilton, born private in Long Beach, California.
+ 31 ii. Raye Ann Hamilton, born private in Long Beach, California.
32 iii. Yosemite Ann Hamilton, born June 06, 1971 in Lakewood, California. She
married (1) David
Duffy February 29, 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
22. Rose Lee4 Petzel (Lee Tilford3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was born Aft. 1899,
and died Unknown.
She married Jack Jester Hill, son of Emmett Hill and Clara Jester.
Children of Rose Petzel and Jack Hill are:
+ 33 i. Jacky Lee5 Hill, born Aft. 1920.
+ 34 ii. Joanne Hill, born Aft. 1920.
Generation No. 5
24. Susan Etta5 Petzel (Ronald Stuart4, Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was
born 1944 in Childress,
Texas, and died April 05, 1994. She married (1) Richard Graham. She married (2)
Nevitt.
Children of Susan Petzel and Richard Graham are:
+ 35 i. Malcolm6 Graham, born Unknown.
+ 36 ii. Ernest Graham, born Unknown in ?.
25. Betty Sue5 Walker (Georgia Josephine4 Petzel, Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1
Berg) was born March
13, 1956. She married Ron Steadham.
Children of Betty Walker and Ron Steadham are:
37 i. Andrea Nicole6 Steadham, born 1986.
38 ii. Curtis Lee Steadham, born December 30, 1990.
27. Kathy Ann5 Ahlers (Claudia4 Petzel, Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was
born November 16,
1958. She married Joel Camponova November 16, 1983.
Child of Kathy Ahlers and Joel Camponova is:
39 i. Daughter of Kathy6 Ahlers, born November 16.
30. Beth5 Hamilton (Nancy Louise4 Petzel, Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was
born private in Long Beach, California. She married Andreas Roman May 23, 1992 in Long
Beach, California.
Children of Beth Hamilton and Andreas Roman are:
40 i. Joshua6 Roman, born private in Escondido, California.
41 ii. Chase Roman, born private in Long Beach, California.
42 iii. Matthew Roman, born private in Long Beach, California.
43 iv. Emily Elaine Roman, born private in Bellflower, California.
44 v. Anthony Roman, born private in Long Beach, California.
31. Raye Ann5 Hamilton (Nancy Louise4 Petzel, Ronald S.3, William2, Marie1 Berg)
was born private in Long Beach, California. She married (1) David Sampson, son of Shirley
Sampson and Jolinda. She
met (2) Jim Homsany, son of O'Toole.
Children of Raye Hamilton and David Sampson are:
45 i. Richard6 Sampson, born private in Long Beach, California.
46 ii. Breanna Sampson, born private in Long Beach, California.
Child of Raye Hamilton and Jim Homsany is:
47 i. Edward James6 Homsany, born private in Buena Park, California.
33. Jacky Lee5 Hill (Rose Lee4 Petzel, Lee Tilford3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was
born Aft. 1920. She
married LeRoy Everett.
Children of Jacky Hill and LeRoy Everett are:
48 i. Karen6 Everett, born Aft. 1933.
49 ii. James Claude Everett, born Aft. 1933.
50 iii. John Everett, born Aft. 1933.
51 iv. Janet Lee Everett, born Aft. 1933.
34. Joanne5 Hill (Rose Lee4 Petzel, Lee Tilford3, William2, Marie1 Berg) was
born Aft. 1920. She
married Lynden Wilson.
Children of Joanne Hill and Lynden Wilson are:
52 i. Julie6 Wilson, born Aft. 1933. She married Michael Cupp.
53 ii. Cathie Wilson, born Aft. 1933. She married Ricky Knight.
+ 54 iii. Lynda Wilson, born Aft. 1933.
55 iv. Lynden Wilson , Jr., born Aft. 1933.
56 v. Wendy Wilson, born Aft. 1933.
Generation No. 6
35. Malcolm6 Graham (Susan Etta5 Petzel, Ronald Stuart4, Ronald S.3, William2,
Marie1 Berg) was
born Unknown. He married Susan.
Children of Malcolm Graham and Susan are:
57 i. Savannah7 Graham, born Unknown.
58 ii. Nikki Graham, born Unknown.
36. Ernest6 Graham (Susan Etta5 Petzel, Ronald Stuart4, Ronald S.3, William2,
Marie1 Berg) was born
Unknown in ?. He married Crystal Renee Reddick October 07, 1989 in Cayce, North
Carolina, daughter
of Warren Reddick.
Children of Ernest Graham and Crystal Reddick are:
59 i. Hayden Stuart7 Graham, born Unknown.
60 ii. Cameron John Graham, born Unknown.
61 iii. Richard Garrison Graham, private.
54. Lynda6 Wilson (Joanne5 Hill, Rose Lee4 Petzel, Lee Tilford3, William2,
Marie1 Berg) was born Aft.
1933. She married Michael Dyer.
Child of Lynda Wilson and Michael Dyer is:
62 i. Miranda7 Dyer, born Aft. 1946.
This page was last updated on 08/16/08
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